national football team. He became coach after FEPAFUT chose him over the Colombian Luis Fernando Suarez. He had a contract for 10 months to coach the national team for the Copa Centroamericana and the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The contract had an option to be extended to include the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He appointed twin brother Jorge as his assistant. They led Panama to the final round of World Cup qualifying, but ultimately fell short. After failing to qualify for the World Cup, the Dely Valdés brothers did not continue managing Panama. Julio was put in charge at Árabe Unido in August 2014 and was announced as the manager at Águila in El Salvador on December 31, 2014. Honours Nacional Primera División Uruguaya: 1992 Paris Saint-Germain Trophée des Champions: 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995–96 Malaga UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002 Individual IFFHS CONCACAF Men's Team of All Time: 2021 References External links 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Colón, Panama Panamanian twins Twin sportspeople Association football forwards Panamanian footballers Panama international footballers 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Deportivo Paraguayo footballers Club Nacional de Football players Uruguayan Primera División players Cagliari Calcio players Serie A players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Ligue 1 players Real Oviedo players Málaga CF players La Liga players C.D. Árabe Unido players Panamanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Uruguay Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Spain Panamanian football managers Panama national football team managers 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers C.D. Águila managers 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers